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Maybe the men have as much talent as the women on American Idol Season 12. But there's no way they're going to win a title singing songs like I Believe I Can Fly and It's Impossible. Just not gonna happen.

While several of this season's female contestants -- Angie Miller, Kree Harrison and Candice Glover -- already present like fully formed artists, almost all of the 10 semifinalist guys who performed Wednesday have significant flaws that they'll need to overcome in order to be crowned the new American Idol in May.

Curtis Finch may have the best pure voice in the competition, but he comes off as arrogant even while he's saying, "Bless you."

Lazaro Arbos sings like an angel, but he appears emotionally fragile, perhaps too much so for the rigors of the competition.

Elijah Liu looks like a teen idol straight out of Central Casting, but he doesn't have the voice to keep up with the better singers.

Nick Boddington doesn't seem to have a broad enough stylistic range for the long haul of the competition.

Paul Jolley tries too hard.

Vincent Powell hasn't been able to deliver the consistently stunning performances that Finch has.

And Charlie Askew? He completely fell apart Wednesday, apparently deciding to work out some of his emotional issues on the national stage, singing a rage-filled version of Genesis' Mama while wearing a tank-top T-shirt, a ponytail and a feather earring. He ended up looking and sounding like a petulant 12-year-old, and, when the bewildered judges came down hard on him, he just about burst into tears.

Of all the singers, perhaps Burnell Taylor came out looking best all around. He returned to the song from his original audition -- The Color Purple's I'm Here. "I think it's pretty obvious that you are one of a kind. You were born to do this" Nicki Minaj told him. "That struggle and that pain in your voice is undeniable."

Perhaps some of the other guys will address their issues in time to make this season competitive, but, right now, they've got a long way to go.

When it comes to Thursday's results show (8 p.m. ET/PT, Fox), the decisions may very well have been made as much on demographics as on performance quality.

I don't think they'll finish this way in the voting, but here's how I rank the quality of the performances: